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1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina

1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina

1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina

Events Before

  1. King of Prussia Frederick the Great (21) weds duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (18) at Schlo

    King of Prussia Frederick the Great (21) weds duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (18) at Schloss Salzdahlum in Wolfenbüttel, Germany

  2. British officer James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina

    Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in...

  3. First polar bear exhibited in America in Boston

    First polar bear exhibited in America in Boston

  4. Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe at site of Savannah

    Savannah ( sə-VAN-ə) is a city in, and county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, United States.

  5. First international boxing match: Local fighter Bob Whittaker beats “The Venetian Gondolier”, Tito di Carni at James Fig

    First international boxing match: Local fighter Bob Whittaker beats “The Venetian Gondolier”, Tito di Carni at James Figg's academy amphitheatre in Marylebone, London

Events After

  1. Paul Revere is born

    Paul Revere silversmith and military officer, known for american silversmith and military officer, was born on 1735-01-01. Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 O.S.

  2. First opera performance in North American colonies, "Flora," opens in Charleston, South Carolina

    First opera performance in North American colonies, "Flora," opens in Charleston, South Carolina

  3. First opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, South Carolina

    First opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, South Carolina

  4. Author, poet, critic and lexicographer and writer of the first English dictionary Dr. Samuel Johnson (25) marries the wi

    Author, poet, critic and lexicographer and writer of the first English dictionary Dr. Samuel Johnson (25) marries the widow Elizabeth "Tetty" Porter, 21 years his senior

  5. An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku

    An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku

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